Category: Technology
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Why Bitcoin is Important
Bitcoin is still the best cryptocurrency. Let’s look at what makes Bitcoin different. This is written in simple language so that anyone can read, understand, and explain it to their friends. Let’s dive in! Bitcoin as Sound Money Regular money, like dollars or euros, can lose value over time due to something called inflation. Inflation…
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You’ve been hacked, what now?
You work for a crypto company, project or DAO and someone alerts you that you’ve been hacked. What do you do next? Here’s a quick emergency cheat sheet.
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Crypto 2025 Predictions
Cryptocurrencies are ending the year 2024 on a very high note. Here are my top 2025 predictions for adoption, institutions and technology
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UniFi update blocking Tor
TLDR: UniFi Network Application 7.4.162 may start blocking Tor, even though the corresponding option is disabled. I just spent a couple hours troubleshooting my Bitcoin Lightning node because suddenly (over night) all channels where down. After a while I realized that, while the Bitcoin node was still connected, it only connected over clearnet and no…
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Apple didn’t get it to work
Apple “decided to not proceed with the proposal for a hybrid client-server approach to CSAM detection for iCloud Photos from a few years ago,” and “concluded it was not practically possible to implement without ultimately imperiling the security and privacy of our users.” This is the confirmation that it’s simply not possible to scan everyone’s…
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Entropy
Here is another reminder that using strong entropy (randomness) for crypto wallets is a must, otherwise people are able to guess your private keys and steal all assets. Klever Alert: External Security Incident
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Fool with a Tool
Impressive progress using an LLM to support smart contract auditors with their work. Worth repeating: good people will be able to do more good stuff with new tools, but a fool with a tool is still a fool – they’ll just produce a lot more foolishness faster than before. Do you still need a smart…
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Meta Device
Meta is selling a VR experience while Apple is selling a device that can do anything – who’s playing the open platform game now? But also: which model will win (if any)? Jury is still out there. Vision Pro by Benedict Evans
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Razr again
I’m still tempted to get the Motorola Razr 40 Ultra when it’s available in Switzerland. I really prefer small phones, but also love the luxury of a bigger screen for all occasional game or movie. It just seems to have found the perfect formula for this. Motorola Razr+ unboxing and first impressions after 5 days
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Limits of DeFi
Fully automated DeFi is fine as long as it’s within defined boundary conditions. Outside those, you rely on manual interventions – same as in TradFi. Good for these folks to have a DAO process that enables this, even though it’s crude and likely wasn’t intended for this use case 🤷 BNB Chain team prepares to…
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